Oxo is a British brand. An Oxo cube is a small hard square made from dried meat juices, salt, and flavour.

Oxo is是一個 a British brand英國品牌。An Oxo cube一塊Oxo高湯塊 is a small hard square是一小塊硬硬的方塊，made from由 dried meat juices, salt, and flavour乾燥的肉汁、鹽和調味料製成。

You drop it into boiling water and it melts; the water becomes a brown, meaty stock for soup, gravy, or stew.

You drop it into boiling water你把它丟進滾水裡 and it melts它就會融化；the water becomes a brown, meaty stock水就會變成一鍋褐色、有肉味的高湯，for soup, gravy, or stew可以用來煮湯、做肉汁醬或燉菜。

In the UK the cubes have lived in kitchen cupboards for a very long time, and cookbooks often say “an Oxo cube” the way a Taiwanese recipe might just say “a stock cube.” The brand name became the ordinary word for that little square in Britain, the way some people say a tissue brand for any tissue.

In the UK在英國，the cubes have lived in kitchen cupboards for a very long time這種高湯塊已經在廚房櫥櫃裡放了很久很久，and cookbooks often say而食譜書常常直接說 “an Oxo cube”「一塊Oxo」，the way a Taiwanese recipe might just say就像台灣食譜可能直接說 “a stock cube.”「一塊高湯塊」一樣。The brand name became the ordinary word品牌名稱變成了普通說法 for that little square in Britain在英國用來指那種小方塊，the way some people say a tissue brand for any tissue就像有些人不管什麼牌子的面紙都直接叫某個牌子名一樣。

It is food-cupboard English, not science English, and not a word you will hear much in a Taiwan shop — though actually the thing itself is just a stock cube. People stretch “Oxo” a little to mean any cube of that kind, but on the packet it is still a brand.

It is它是屬於 food-cupboard English廚房食物櫃裡會用的英文，not science English不是科學英文，and not a word you will hear much in a Taiwan shop也不是你在台灣店裡會常聽到的字——though actually不過實際上 the thing itself is just a stock cube這東西本身就只是一塊高湯塊。People stretch “Oxo” a little大家會把「Oxo」用得寬鬆一點 to mean any cube of that kind泛指那一類的高湯塊，but on the packet但在包裝上 it is still a brand它依然是個品牌名。